Hit Refresh

by Satya Nadella

Ideas excite me. Empathy grounds and centers me.

As simple as it sounds, it is very difficult and needs consistency to inculcate empathy in whatever one does. One of those rare virtues indeed!

discovered Buddha did not set out to found a world religion. He set out to understand why one suffers.

IMPERMANENCE. Said so many times, by so many greats.

It showed me that you must always have respect for your competitor, but don’t be in awe. Go and compete.

It was Harsha from whom I heard and understood this first.

But it’s only going to happen if we live our culture, if we teach our culture.

We will grow as a company if everyone, individually, grows in their roles and in their lives. My wife, Anu, and I had been blessed with

One cannot live on an island all alone. You have to ensure others around you also grow in the process of your growth.

employees to identify their innermost passions and to connect them in some way to our new mission and culture.

However, a growth mindset enables you to better anticipate and react to uncertainties.

“To be a leader in this company, your job is to find the rose petals in a field of shit.”